Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Perry's Casey Hayward; Georgia State/NCAA; UGA/J.T. Daniels/Pro Day, Falcons, Braves; NCAA Tournaments, MLB, NFL
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Alumni Update
Report: Perry grad Hayward to sign with Falcons
Around/About Georgia
MBKB: Foul trouble, shooting slump doom Georgia State in good battle with Gonzaga
Amid the flurry of news and action, Tech has its spring game
J.T. Daniels makes an SEC East visit
Former Georgia football player arrested for murder
Smart puts UGA’s mammoth Pro Day in perspective
WR Landry to visit the Falcons
Column: Dodgers showed Freeman more love than the Braves did
Braves, Soroka avoid arbitration with one-year deal
Sports and Ukraine
Griner’s stay in Russia extended to mid-May
Stanford’s VanDerveer uses NCAA platform to help Ukraine
NCAA Tournaments
Men’s scores and boxes and schedules
Women’s scores and boxes and schedules
(Note: annoying video at the start)
W-What could happen in the women’s tournament?
M-St. Peter’s shocks Kentucky
M-Richmond gets the first 12-5 upset, Big Ten champ done
M-And then New Mexico State did it, too, on 37-point night
W-Missouri State knocks out Florida State in First Four
M-Tar Heels rout Marquette in Davis’ tourney debut
M-Providence snaps S.D State’s winning streak
M-Tennessee gets O and D to top Longwood
M-Gonzaga sluggish in win over Georgia State
M-Arkansas survives No. 13 Vermont
M-St. Mary’s embarrasses Indiana
Coming Up
M-Better late than never for Texas Tech’s Adams’ dream
March Madness crazier if you coach and have kids
M-Interim LSU coach has a task
M-Sister Jean ready for another run
College basketball tournaments
College basketball
W-Venus Lacy was a HS and college legend, but life has been tough
M-Payne is Louisville’s first Black head coach
M-Howland officially out at Mississippi State
Auto Racing
Truex on the new AMS: ‘It’s going to be crazy’
MLB/Baseball
League adds 30 doubleheaders to make up for misses
NFL
Boom: Adams to Raiders from Packers
Tennessee releases Julio Jones
Seattle’s Carroll: Kaepernick wants to play
Mayfield wants trade after Browns chased Watson, they say ‘no’
Coroner: Haralson died from a stroke, blood vessel issue
Wilson wants a dozen more years, and a mess of Super Bowls
Wentz surprised at his Colts experience
Around the nation/world